CV Ref No. CV Reference No. - 101920

Buckinghamshire based GFW looking for harvest job - South of England

Qualifications and Experience
Relevant qualifications

BTEC

Type of farming wanted

Mixed Farming

Other qualifications

Undergradaute Certificate in Agricultural Studies

Driving Licence

Full Car Licence

Equipment experience

Tractor, Telehandler/Fork Lift

Livestock experience

Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Lambing

Other equipment experience

2 years harvest running Claas 830 Axion Hexashift with 20T+ trailers (dual axle Broughans with silage sides modified for grain)

Additionally: Tedding, Raking, Topping, Muck spreading, bale carting and some general loader work where required (Scorpion)

Have some experience with John Deere old and new but would need a quick refresher

Other livestock experience

Starting out as a contract lamber

4 years lambing including 2 big estates with 2000-2800+ ewes, Wales and Shetland

Month work experience at a Arla demonstration dairy

Tb Testing and spring-summer sheep work at Harvest job

Personal information
Sex

Male

Other Information

-

Age

20

Marital status

Single

Nationality

United Kingdom

Where are you currently living?

Buckinghamshire

First language

English

Do you have the right to work in the UK?

Yes

Other languages

-

Hobbies

-

Pen picture (Height, weight etc.)

510 80kg

Relevant health problems

-

Farming background

*Jobs*

Harvest worker 2024 & 2025

Claas and John Deere tractors

Lexion Montana 2024, CR9.90 2025

Supported pre and post harvest, majority of the job was maintenance around the season, every day was different.

Lambing Assistant

Warwickshire

March 2023 to March 2023

March 2024 to March 2024

2 Weeks. 07:30 - end (usually between 17:30 and 19:30)

Worked days and a couple night shifts. I would feed and bed down the ewes in the morning/evenings and perform checks around each of the 3 sheds - assisting where ever required and then housing the ewe and lamb when ready.

Lambing assistant

Downton Estate - Herefordshire

March-April 2024, 2025, 2026

3 week lambing job

Worked 12 hour shifts on days (24&25)

1st year Managed a shed with roughly 600-700 ewes in - regular lambing duties (jabbing, lambing, penning, turning out etc)

2nd year same shed with 800 Shearlings (Gimmers).

3rd year I was asked to go on nights after the night lambers ran away mid shift on the first night.

Worked with a range of people who could come and help out when they could but if there was a gap between Id do the nights alone.

Middle Sylfaen - Welshpool

Jan-Feb

300 ewes, split shift 7am-1pm&4pm-12pm+-

Nights were alone, day shift most of the time was spent turning out.

They were on point with tubing so I got very good at that.

Houstercroft - Shetland

April-may, 500 ewes indoors

A month total with 3 weeks being nights and one week being day shifts after numbers depleted

Night shifts were alone

Day shifts were spent helping out feeding the outdoor ewes

**Work experience**

Dairy Farm Worker

Buckinghamshire

October 2022 to December 2022

Work experience as a part of my college course. 07:30-17:00.

Roughly 500 Holsteins and a 20-a-side parlour. I would milk from 12:00 onwards.

Farm Worker

Buckinghamshire

February 2022 to April 2022

Work experience as a part of my college course. 08:00 - 16:00.

This was a small-mid sized beef, pigs and poultry farm. I would help out by feeding and watering the youngstock and poultry and then scrape out the cattle shed in the farms old Massey 375.

Farm worker

Buckinghamshire

March 2023 - May 2023

Work experience as a part of my college course 08:00-17:00.

Completed general estate jobs as well as routine tractor work such as topping and cultivating with their John Deere 6800.

Preferences
Availability

Start: 29/05/2026 Finish: Not Specified

Preferred region

London & Thames

Type of job

Temporary

Where would you like to work?

Mixed farm with opportunities to gain a range of experience

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